catch up with

phrasal verb

catch up with somebody

to finally start to cause problems for somebody after they have managed to avoid this for some time产生（曾设法避免的）问题
- She was terrified that one day her past problems would catch up with her.她十分害怕过去的问题总有一天又会来困扰她。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
if the police or authorities catch up with somebody, they find and punish them after some time终于查到某人头上
- The law caught up with him years later when he had moved to Spain.多年后，他已移居西班牙，最终还是受到法律的制裁。

单词	catch-up-with
释义	catch up with phrasal verb catch up with somebody to finally start to cause problems for somebody after they have managed to avoid this for some time产生（曾设法避免的）问题 She was terrified that one day her past problems would catch up with her.她十分害怕过去的问题总有一天又会来困扰她。 Topics Difficulty and failurec2 if the police or authorities catch up with somebody, they find and punish them after some time终于查到某人头上 The law caught up with him years later when he had moved to Spain.多年后，他已移居西班牙，最终还是受到法律的制裁。
随便看	be on somebody’s side be on speaking terms \| be speaking be on speaking terms (with somebody) \| be speaking (to somebody) be on speaking terms with somebody \| be speaking to somebody be on stream (be) on tenterhooks be on tenterhooks (be) on the ball be on the ball be on the case be on the danger list be on the door be on the fiddle be on the firing line be on the game be on the go be on the lookout for somebody \| keep a lookout for somebody be on the lookout (for somebody/something) \| keep a lookout (for somebody/something) be on the lookout for somebody/something \| keep a lookout for somebody/something be on the lookout for something \| keep a lookout for something be on the lookout \| keep a lookout be on the mark be on the move be on the offensive be on the phone